Vehicle with tiltable side walls

Abstract

Vehicle comprising side walls pivotable to the floor of the vehicle and a roof pivotable to a side wall, and supports extending near the roof within the space enclosed by the side walls for supporting part of an unspanned roofing made from pliable material and fastened to the free edges of the side walls and the roof, whereas the space covered by said roofing can be inflated to form an air hall.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A vehicle body comprising an elongated floor having a pair of opposed ends and a pair of opposed sides, fixed upright means at the opposed ends thereof, a pair of side walls pivotably connected to the opposed sides of said floor, a roof member pivotably connected to one of said side walls, said side wall and roof member being pivotable into substantially the plane of said floor to define a floor surface, elongated longitudinal supports between said upright means extending near the roof member and within the space enclosed by said roof member and side walls, and an unspanned roofing of pliable material at least partially supported by said elongated supports to enclose said floor surface. 
     
     
       2. Vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the end walls is carried out as a cell and adapted as a vestibule or air sluice. 
     
     
       3. Vehicle according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the end walls forms a cell being equipped as service center, with a passage to the space above the remaining part above the vehicle floor. 
     
     
       4. Vehicle according to claim 3, wherein the service center is split up into two parts, of which one part is provided with a passage to the space above the vehicle floor and is equipped for personal attendance, the other part having a passage to outside the vehicle being equipped as engine room. 
     
     
       5. Vehicle according to claim 4, wherein in the part adapted as engine room a motor-driven generator is installed for generating electric current for the ventilator and consumptive current for electric devices and the lighting, which driven generator can be situated outside the vehicle. 
     
     
       6. Vehicle according to claim 1, wherein along the free edges of the side walls, the roof and upstanding means, edges of the roofing made from pliable material are fixed. 
     
     
       7. Vehicle according to claim 6, wherein the space under the roofing is inflatable by means of one or more ventilator blowers for spanning the roofing, said ventilator blowers being able besides sucking in fresh air, to also suck air out of the space spanned by the roofing. 
     
     
       8. Vehicle according to claim 7, wherein the fresh air supply to the ventilator blower can be interrupted, the capacity of the ventilator blower being sufficient for sucking air out of the space spanned by the roofing when folding together said roofing, when the side walls and the roof are brought into the closing position of the vehicle. 
     
     
       9. Vehicle according to claim 1, wherein the supports are adapted as rails for the spanning of curtains, more specifically nets or meshcurtains.